ONE boxing fan has risked £150,000 for just over £3,000 profit after placing a bet on unbeaten star Gabriel Flores Jr to emerge victorious against Josec Ruiz.
The 20-year-old is a huge favourite to win his 18th consecutive fight in the paid ranks when he enters the ring on Thursday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Gabriel Flores Jr, 20, boasts a perfect record of 17-0 inside the ring
The mammoth bet was revealed by Darren Rovell – a sports betting reporter and Senior Executive Producer for Action Network.
Taking to social media on Wednesday, he tweeted: “JUST IN: @BetMGM has taken a $187,847.35 (£150,820.76) bet for Gabriel Flores Jr. (17-0) to win against Josec Ruiz tomorrow.
“If he wins, the bettor will win $4,173.95 (£3,351.22).”
Flores – who is promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank – has been placed as a 1/33 favourite to extend his perfect record to 18-0.
The lightweight’s opponent should be the toughest test to date for the youngster, with Ruiz boasting 21 wins out of 26 fights.
Ruiz, 25, hasn’t tasted a defeat since 2013, and goes into the bout against Flores having won his last seven contests – with just one of the fights going the distance.
The duo’s match-up is on the undercard of Jose Pedraza’s super-lightweight clash against Mikkel LesPierre.
But fans are already eagerly awaiting the result from Flores’ fight against Ruiz, as they took to social media to comment on the huge bet that is riding on the outcome.
One tweeted: “Someone has money to burn, and no knowledge of risk vs reward. Anyone who makes bets like that with ROI’s like that is going to lose everything in the long run.”
Another wrote: “Horrendous bet, win or lose.”
A third simply stated: “Wow crazy stupid.”
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
